Open Peer Commentary Mazur & Booth: Testosterone and dominance
Target tissue sensitivity, testosterone– social environment interactions, and lattice hierarchies
Kathleen C. Chambers a1 a1 Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
kchamber@rcf.usc.edu
Abstract
The following three points are made. One must consider not
only the levels of circulating hormone but the target tissue upon
which the hormone acts. Increased testosterone levels alone do not
account for differences in displayed intermale aggression, because
testosterone and social environment interact in complex ways to
influence behavior. A given behavior can be triggered by multiple
motivational systems.
